Sempiternal — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having no known beginning and presumably no end

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˌɛmpɪtˈɜːnəl/

🇬🇧British English

/sˌɛmpɪtˈɜːnəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˌɛmpɪtˈɜːnəl/

4 syllables Say it as /sˌɛmpɪtˈɜːnəl/.

Examples

the dateless rise and fall of the tides
time is endless
sempiternal truth

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dateless endless

Parts of Speech

adjective

having no known beginning and presumably no end

“the dateless rise and fall of the tides”

Word Forms

endlessness

noun

the property of being (or seeming to be) without end

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

ewig

ohne bekannten Anfang und vermutlich auch ohne Ende

🇫🇷French

éternel

n'ayant pas de début connu et probablement pas de fin

🇪🇸Spanish

sempiterno

sin principio conocido y presumiblemente sin fin

🇮🇹Italian

sempiterno

non avendo inizio conosciuto e presumibilmente senza fine

🇳🇱Dutch

halftijds

zonder bekend begin en vermoedelijk geen einde

🇵🇹Portuguese

sempiterno

sem começo conhecido e presumivelmente sem fim

🇷🇺Russian

вечный

не имеющий известного начала и, предположительно, не имеющий конца

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नित्य

जिसका न तो कोई आरंभ ज्ञात है और न ही संभवतः कोई अंत

🇧🇩Bengali

সেম্পিটারনাল

কোন পরিচিত শুরু এবং সম্ভবত কোন শেষ নেই

🇮🇳Tamil

செம்பிடர்னல்

அறியப்பட்ட ஆரம்பம் மற்றும் மறைமுகமாக முடிவு இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

సెమ్పిటర్నల్

తెలిసిన ప్రారంభం మరియు బహుశా ముగింపు లేదు

🇮🇳Marathi

अर्धवट

माहित नसलेली सुरुवात आणि बहुधा शेवट नाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

સેમ્પિટર્નલ

જેની કોઈ જાણીતી શરૂઆત નથી અને સંભવતઃ કોઈ અંત નથી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೆಮಿಟರ್ನಲ್

ತಿಳಿದಿರುವ ಆರಂಭ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಭಾವ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಅಂತ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സെമിറ്റേണൽ

അറിയപ്പെടാത്ത തുടക്കവും അവസാനവും ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੈਮੀਟਰਨਲ

ਕੋਈ ਜਾਣਿਆ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਭਵ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਅੰਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

سیمپیٹرنل

جس کی کوئی ابتدا اور غالباً کوئی انتہا نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

永恒的

没有已知的开始，大概也没有结束

🇯🇵Japanese

半周的な

始まりが分からず、おそらく終わりも無い

🇰🇷Korean

영원한

알려진 시작도 없고 아마도 끝도 없을 것입니다.

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bán nguyệt

không có sự bắt đầu được biết đến và có lẽ không có kết thúc

🇹🇭Thai

กึ่งกลาง

ไม่มีจุดเริ่มต้นและน่าจะไม่มีจุดสิ้นสุด

🇮🇩Indonesian

abadi

tidak memiliki awal yang diketahui dan mungkin tidak ada akhir

🇵🇭Filipino

semiternal

walang alam na simula at malamang na walang katapusan

🇲🇾Malay

semiternal

tidak mempunyai permulaan yang diketahui dan mungkin tiada penghujung

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سرمدي

ليس لها بداية معروفة ويفترض أنها لا نهاية لها

🇮🇷Persian

نیمه دوم

بدون آغاز شناخته شده و احتمالاً بدون پایان

🇹🇷Turkish

ebedi

bilinen bir başlangıcı olmayan ve muhtemelen sonu olmayan

🇮🇱Hebrew

למחצה

ללא התחלה ידועה וככל הנראה ללא סוף

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